Afghanistan
Helmand Province
Musa Qala District

Musa Qala

Musa Qala is a town and the district centre of in , . It is located at and at an altitude of 1,043 m in the valley of Musa Qala River in the central western part of the district.
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  • Type: County
  • Description: town in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “De Mūsá Qal‘eh”, “Mūsa Qal‘a”, “Musa Qal’ah”, “Mūsá Qal‘ah”, “Mūsā Qal‘ah”, “Mūsá Qal‘eh”, “Musa Qal`ah”, “Musa Qaleh”, “Musakala”, “Takhta Pul”, and “موسى قعله”

Musa Qala

Latitude
32.472° or 32° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
64.74704° or 64° 44′ 49″ east
Elevation
1,053 metres (3,455 feet)
Open location code
8J46FPCW+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4405278454
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1132604
Wiki­data ID
Q1953989
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Musa Qala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موسى قلعة”
  • Arabic: “موسى قلعه”
  • Asturian: “Musa Qala”
  • Chinese: “穆萨堡”
  • Chinese: “穆薩堡”
  • Danish: “Musa Qala”
  • Dutch: “Musa Qala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موسى قلعه”
  • French: “Musa Qala”
  • German: “Musa Qala”
  • Japanese: “ムーサ・カラ”
  • Lithuanian: “Musa Kala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Musa Qala”
  • Persian: “موسی قلعه”
  • Pushto: “موسی قلعه”
  • Spanish: “Musa Qala”
  • Swedish: “Musa Qala”
  • Swedish: “Musa Qalah”
  • Swedish: “Musa Qaleh”
  • Uzbek: “Musa qala tumani”

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